Posted on 12/12/2004 10:02:25 PM PST by postitnews.com
Dec. 6, 2004 Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq -- After a month of hunting insurgents with the U.S. Marines south of Baghdad, the Black Watch battle group is heading home to the United Kingdom.
Among the British army's most legendary units, the Scotland-based Black Watch capped a six-month tour in Iraq by redeploying from the southern city of Basra in late October and taking up positions alongside the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in northern Babil province.
The jocks, as they're affectionately known to their countrymen, made an immediate impact in their new battlespace, occupying key terrain near the Euphrates River and playing a crucial role in cutting off enemy "rat lines" used by insurgents to scurry in and out of Baghdad and the terrorist den of Fallujah.
After Multi-National Forces reclaimed Fallujah in early November, the Black Watch...Read More
God bless them. They should hold their heads very high.
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